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Jessica

Jessica

Lilo Baur [Jessica] in the Globe's 1998 Merchant of Venice
Lilo Baur [Jessica]

The Merchant Of Venice (1998)

Lilo Baur

Lilo Baur has worked in theatre all over the world, including productions in Paris, New York and Switzerland. She has also worked extensively at the Royal National Theatre in London, and with Theatre de Complicitie.

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: 5

At this point, just over half way through the run of the play. The Merchant of Venice was given a three-week break from performance. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 4

Now that The Merchant of Venice has gone into performance the company go into rehearsal for the next play in the season The Honest Whore by Thomas Dekker (with Thomas Middleton)....

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Rehearsal Notes: 3

The production will begin with a specially devised masque. Lilo has been working on her character for this part of the show, which is very different from the character of Jessica. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 2

At this point in rehearsal the company went for a residential week away. Lilo had the opportunity to improvise Jessica's life in between the scenes in which he is not featured in the play. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 1

At the beginning of the rehearsal period one of the exercises Lilo found most useful was an improvisation in which the company created the city of Venice. ...

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